Sustainability – No Place for Wimps!
We are too nice. Yes, us, people who are passionate about sustainability, in our spotless fleeces, our well scrubbed faces and neatly trimmed beards. All...
What We Can Learn from Wales’ Waste Win
Dec 5, 2012
Last Thursday I went to the North East Recycling Forum Annual Conference - one of the few events I intend as a punter. This partly...
Getting the board on board for sustainability
Nov 30, 2012
Here's the latest in my Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Getting the Board on Board for Sustainability" and it's about how to use...
Will Obama now lead on climate change?
Nov 7, 2012
...we want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive...
The Sustainability X Factor
Oct 31, 2012
Long before the phrase was demeaned by cheap TV talent shows, 'X Factor' referred to that difficult to ascertain quality that set the best ahead...
Lashing yourself to the mast
Sep 10, 2012
"We haven't a hope in hell in meeting this target, but we're going to try anyway." "The management redefined our target to one which we...
Why Sustainability Programmes Fail
Jun 15, 2012
I diagnose the most common causes of failure of sustainability programmes as: No leadership: leadership is critical to any successful corporate transformation programme and, given...
Nuggets from the Sustainability Mastermind Group
May 25, 2012
On Wednesday this week I launched my sustainability mastermind group with an inaugural meeting at the Baltic Art Gallery. We booked a third floor meeting...
Lessons on Green Communications from the World of Politics
May 8, 2012
Last Thursday was the most important day of the political year for me - polling day in the local elections. I wasn't up for re-election...
It’s about Leadership, Mr Cameron
Apr 27, 2012
All green eyes were on UK Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday as he made the first environmental speech of his tenure at the Clean Energy...